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Newspaper
Caldwell News
Location
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1903
Page
2
A miscellany of 1903 comments on politics religion and culture cites Paterson funeral protest, Japanese geisha at the St Louis Exposition, and the law on contractor labor. It mentions bee stings for rheumatism, Shamrock II racing, and the Liberty Bell tour with Italian children blessing it. Church views on remarriage and the word obey in marriage vows spark debate.
The piece laments labor strife hurting employment and trade while praising President Mitchell's prompt action to end coal mine disruptions. It also extols baseball as a noble American sport and notes a new game Bol o in the Philippines alongside social discipline debates in schools and corporal punishment.
A letter laments toy cannons and firecrackers spoiling Independence Day with deadly accidents. It cites eleven Memorial Day deaths in Pittsburg and a boy losing fingers to a toy cannon, urging abolition of such hazards. It also notes President Roosevelt signing a treaty with Cuba.
A list from A. Soow & Lo includes New Jersey inventors granted patents across aviation primary batteries eyeglasses steam boilers and more. Names span Camden Newark Jersey City Paterson Montclair Bridgeton Bayonne and others with diverse fields from machinery and weaving to medical and electrical devices.
Big commemorative gathering marks the fortieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. About ten thousand veterans and families to visit the field with speakers including General O. O. Howard and General H. Huidekoper. A bronze statue of John Burns to be unveiled. July 2 speech by Governor Hunn of Delaware. July 3 reunion with Confederate and federal officers in attendance. Also notes involving naval exchanges and training by American and Peruvian forces.
The Postmaster General faces pressure from investigations into civil service evasion amid alleged abuses in old practices. Nellie G. Jerry’s case highlights exemptions for relatives and calls for strict adherence to exams. The Roosevelt administration offers moral support, while Rome rumors of broader inquiries involve McKinley and other officials.
The last Congress funded federal buildings with 19.4 million dollars nationwide or about 25 per capita. New Jersey secured three new buildings and increments totaling 365 thousand dollars, outperforming several states proportionally. Major James Burton Pond, longtime lecture manager, died at 65 in Jersey City from blood poisoning following a foot ulcer and surgery.
Reports from Salem and Gloucester counties note bumper berry crops and potato crops aided by rains while farmers battle potato bugs. A hailstorm near Freehold injures crops. milkmen face license penalties under a new Tren ton Health Board ordinance. A case of a long lived hen, a cherry tree accident involving a Bayonne pastor, and several local notices complete the communal update.
After ten weeks of idle news the Wotton mill strike ends as the Textile Council declares the great struggle concluded. 17,000 employees including mule spinners and loom fixers vote to return to work though full production is not immediate due to yarn shortages and high prices.
A jumble of reports covers Kiowa meetings banning whites from their mosques, vines planted around a grand agricultural palace, novel grasshopper control in Montana, and curiosities from Maine to Maine about meteorites and fly paper in Italy. The piece also notes rattlesnake outbreaks in Connecticut, a fall from a Fulton roof, and reactions to Chicago’s living conditions and tax exemptions in New York.
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